Had a wonderful weekend at Hollesley 2011 uke festival, a celebration of the
Ukulele Cosmos. Highlights included
Yan Yalego's cool blues on Tahitian uke;
The Toots stunning interpretation of Yan Tiersen's theme from Amelie; and a storming set from
The Re-entrants on Saturday night which left no-one in the house with a Poker Face. I loved
S.O.U.P. for sheer jollity, fez wearing head count and London Girls; Alan Townsend's twinkly-eyed exuberant performances (he will forever be known as Doctor Jazz in these parts); meeting so many lovely people and laughing and grinning so much during the weekend that my face still hurts.
We stayed at the delightful
St. Margarets Campsite, a short distance away from the festival base and shared our field with two vintage caravans, frolicking rabbits and some very companionable hens. We camped, ate and strummed our ukes in the fresh Suffolk air.
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| S.O.U.P |
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| The Toots |
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| Yan Yalego |
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| The Re-entrants |
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| Peter Prim's Little Knitted Ukulele Badges |
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| Pink caravan at St. Margaret's Campsite |
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| Polka-dot caravan cat |
1 comment:
Glad you liked our vans, good to hear the Ukeleles too - we had a guitar and recorder in the van but I think you would have put us to shame!!
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